Denton Ads and Community Notices Mix with Local Events
Local business notices list furniture, rugs, floor coverings, and farm equipment from M. K. Newnam and others. Community notices detail the Girls 4 H Rally postponement, Memorial Day plans by Caroline Council, Strawberry Festival, and donations for the Home for Aged Women. Officials from Caroline County welfare report relief declines and continued work relief as fire company leaders are elected. A Denver chain letter scare spreads to major cities, with postal inspectors and the Post Office denouncing it as illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Louise Fleetwood
West Denton
M. K. Newnam
Court House Sq
2Nd St
Eleanor Towers
Agt
Majestic
Gustav Good
Denton
Short’s
Epiphany Mission
Preston
T. F. Johnson
R. H. Stafford
Harry Roop
Caroline Council
No. 175
Denton Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Lucy Lou
Market Street
John L. George
Smyrna
Del
George
Mary Cantwell
Silver Lake
Dover
Easton
Board of Managers
Eastern Shore County Commissioners Association
Chestertown
J. Frank Lane
Goldsboro
John A. Baker
Dorchester
Caroline County
H. Roland Towers
Harry L. Sullivan
Walter Rutter
Cape Charles
Smedley D. Butler
U. S. Marines
United States
E. B. Jones
Chincoteague
Edward V. Schultz
Gnancock
W. A. Karpa
Denver
Chicago
Los Angeles
Seattle
New York
Stevie
Post Office Department
Prosperity Club
God We Trust
Sixtieth wedding anniversary celebrated in Wilmington
Mr and Mrs John Dill marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary at 512 West Twenty second street Wilmington with a family reunion and dinner. They married May 6 1875 in Goldsboro Maryland by Rev Williams. They have six living children fifteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Attendees included numerous Dill relatives and friends from Wilmington Easton Philadelphia Greensboro and other towns. The day followed a Methodist church prayer meeting and a Ladies Aid supper with readings and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dill
West Twenty-second Street
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Mr. Williams
Eugene Dill
Washington, D. C
P. &. Gregg
Lola Dill
Earle Milby
Easton
Paul Sanford
Joan Sanford
Philadelphia
Carlos H. Dill
Carlinl Dill
Edward G. Dean
Greensboro
William Conley
Clyde Conley
Charles Meredith
Elwood Moore
Ingleside
Edward H. Sipple
Morgan Sipple
al Keller
Paulsboro
N. J
Archie Sipple
Grace Floyd
Alice Huber
Blackwood
Harry Sipple
Elaine B
Norma K. Sipple
Woodbury
J. Stanley Dill
Jack Dill
Camden
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ladies’ Aid
The
Aid
Stevens Brown
Mattie Smith
G. A. McDaniel
Elmira Elizabeth Dulin
Owen N. Dulin
Denton
William Fleming Morton
Florence A. Morton
William T. Morton
Ridgely
Francis W. Kirwan
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Denton
Roxborough
Pennsylvania
Raymond Fifield
Emily Swiss
Harvey Fleetwood
Edenton Council
State Council
Daughters of America
Southern
Baltimore
Frank Zeigler Jr
Lindsay Clendaniel
Dick Garey
C. H. Towers Jr
Harry R. Timmons
Raymond
Annie Parsons
Whaleysville
J. Lawrence Wright
Whistling through hard luck in a rough Union Station chat
An elderly man at Union Station vents about economic gloom and crepe-hangers. He rails against overanalysis, groaning, and fear, urging more humor and resolve. He jokes he would teach whining out of a heedful listener, claiming tough times demand grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
R. B
Scottish Rite News
Wedding Invitations and Announcements Printed with Care
The notice describes wedding invitations and announcements printed with careful attention to neatness and presentation, emphasizing quality typography and refined layout for couples sharing their vows.
Death Notices From Denton and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Jane Quimby and Miss Sarah Etta Chaffinch in Denton, with long lists of survivors including children and siblings. Multiple funerals, burial details, and arrangements followed in Easton, Concord, and Denton cemeteries. The roll also notes deaths of Mr. 67 Harris, infant Kenneth Lord, and William Bell with pallbearers and bereaved families from across Maryland and Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jane Quimby
William G. Quimby
Skipton
Talbot County
William C
Sarah Stafford Smith
Smyrna
Del
Easton
Alfred C., Quimby
George Parker Quimby
Ella Smith
Preston
Carrie Smith
Lou Smith
New York
George Parker
Moline
Frank Stewart
Briar Cliff
N. Y
Annie Smith
Bryn Mawr College
Charles Smith
Robert Smith
Baltimore
Spring Hill
Sarah Etta Chaffinch
Denton
Lewis McNeal
Lewis Chaffinch
Eliza Ann Hignutt Chaffinch
Potter’s Landing
Edward Frazier
Edward Hayes
Gilbert Hignutt
Benson B. Allen
J. Roland Chaffinch
W. H. Harris
Mamie Rash
Cordova
Piney M. P
William S
Calvert
Milton S. Andrews
M. E. Church
Merriken
Kenneth Lord
Fred Lord
Milton Owens
Fruitland
Betty
Emmett Lord
Williston
Sallie Carry
Laurel
Church of God
Studd
Lorraine Cemetery
Kenneth
William Bell
Susie George
This County
Percy Bell
John L. George
Walter George
J. W. Perry
Arthur Perry
Mother's Day Church Services Across Denton Area
A Denton Methodist Protestant service observes Mother's Day at 11 with a silent drama in the subject. Evening service at 8 on Mother, Queen of the Home. Christian Endeavor at 7:15 features a telephone meeting on A Happy Home led by Emma Turkington and Anita Rue. Additional Mother's Day programs planned at Hobbs Burrsville Thawley's and The Church of the Brethren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Emma Turkington
Anita Rue
Caroline
Thawley’s
Hobbs
Burrsville
the Charge
Church of the Brethren
N. A. Leese
Williston
Church of the New Jerusalem
Preston
Lost Door Key Reported at Den ton Journal
A door key was reported missing and a notice asks the finder to return it to the Den ton Journal office. The item’s return is requested by the newspaper for security and access restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den‘ton Journal Office
Ridgely Community Club Meets with Speaker on Education Hope
The Ridgely weekly club gathered Monday with Mr. Wilson Cahall as guest speaker delivering an address on Education the Hope of Democracy. Elsie Matthews and Margaret Swing were named nominating committee. May 20 election moved to June 3. covered dish supper to close the season.
Omitted Soldiers Listed in Denton Caroline Council Count
A 1935 notice seeks missing ex soldiers buried in Denton area and nearby sites. It lists many names and asks residents to send additional names and burial places to C H Roe, secretary, to complete the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Cemetery
Caroline Council
C. H. Roe
Denton
R. J. W. Garey
C. FP. Smith Wesley Wooters
S. J. Cooper
B. F. Ayres
T. Hutchinson Albert Grace Josiah Beck
Birthday Party for Naomi May Thomas Draws Harmony Guests
Naomi May Thomas celebrated her fourth birthday last Saturday from 2 to 5 PM with a party in Harmony. Guests included Todd, Kelly, Todd and Wright families among others, with pony riding, music, and a pink and green cake. Hostesses were Mrs Olin Thomas and others, gifts received. The Helpers class met May 5 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stanton with eleven members and three visitors. a bazaar sale planned for May 11 was approved after minutes. Mr Webster Todd is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi May Thomas
Alva Todd
Lester Kelly
Doris Kelly
Anna May Kelley
Arthur Todd
Mary Todd
Grace Fearins
Doris Todd
Minnie Steenken
Ray Todd
Mildred Todd
Anna Williamson
Marvin Todd
Willis Todd
Marie Todd
Louise Marine
Audrey Lee Wright
James Webb
Grayson Wright
Olin Kelly
Wilbert Thomas
Bob Stanton
Olin Thomas
America
Federalsburg
Collins
Webster Todd
Templeville Sunday services and Mother's Day program
Templeville will hold Sunday School at 10 a.m. and a morning service at 11 a.m. with a special Mother's Day music and reading program led by Rev. R. G. Connor. Local residents and visitors from Wilmington and nearby towns attended events and visited relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Connor
Isabel Baughley
Norman Collins
Wilmington
Olin Powell
Frank Baughley
Ernest Ackerman
Helen May
Chas
O. M. McComber
Hazel
Goldsboro
William Cahall
Cecilton
Fred Maske
Medford Starkey
Norman Wyatt
Millington
William Palmatory
Massey
Retta Cole
Hawkins Everett
Sadlersville
Dora Everett
Herbert Knotts
Centreville
Oscar Lord
Louise Downes
Resolutions of Respect for Alda P Whitby
Denton Cemetery Association notes the death of Alda P Whitby a longtime member and former president who succeeded Lawrence B Towers. The resolution grants a copy of appreciation to minutes the family and the Denton Journal with a published notice and names committee members Dawson C George I Robt Fleetwood Russell W Fluharty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda P. Whitby
Denton Cemetery Association
Ereas
Whitby
Lawrence B. Towers
Denton Journal
Dawson C. George
I. Robt, Fleetwood
Russell W. Fluharty
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letter Recaps Local Visits
A stream of Sunday visits gathers from Trappe Preston Burrsville and Baltimore to Hillsboro with guests including Mr and Mrs Wm Helfrithh Ruth, the Blades home hosts, and a report on county health nurse Mat tie Smith. Nearby families, club meetings, and P T A plans fill the week as social rounds continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Helfrithh
Ruth
Trappe
Oland Cheezum
Preston
Brown Thawley
Burrsville
Edgar Blades
Community Club
Mattie Smith
T. H. Russom
Baltimore
A. T. Cahall
Russom
Ethel
Lucille Bareus
Harold Redden
John Skinner
Little Ruth
Buddy Rice
Centreville
O. Rice
Fannie Jones
Lawrence and
Cora
Queen Anne Services at St Pauls Church May 12 13
Queen Anne services at St Pauls Church in May include morning and evening sermons by Dr John Paul Tyler and Mr Fossett plus a Mother s Day message and a discussion on the Trinity. Delegates to the Queen Anne Youth Conference will report at a Young People meeting and had a social at the Eley home May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Queen Anne
John Paul Tyler
Fossett
Howard Eley
Charles York
Baltimore
St. Paul’s
Frank Messick
Hazel Rice
Douglas Messick
Hackett Rice
Eastern Star of
Maryland
William Kinnamon
Melvin Kinnamon
Marydel
Mary Diggans
Della Mullikin
E. B. Lightner
Francis Jump
Annapolis
Salisbury
Clarence Schaffer
Emma Richards
Ridgely
Harry Rutter
Williston Visitors Fill Neal Household Ties
Williston residents Mrs. Wm Lyons and daughters Katherine and Mrs Ed Warner and Miss Dorothy Neal visited Mr and Mrs A R Neal. Visitors from Chester Pa included Mr and Mrs Ben Russell and Mr and Mrs John Renninger. Marietta Anthony and son Lee visited daughter Mrs A R Neal. Mr Wm Wright is home from Easton hospital. Mrs Jennie Crane stayed with Mrs Lewis McNeal. Mr A Meredith visiting daughter Mrs G E Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wright
Easton Hospital
Jennie Crane
Lewis Mc Neal
A. Meredith
G. E. Rice
DeMolay Alumni to Attend Mother's Day Service in Preston
The Delaware Chapter DeMolay Alumni of Wilmington will attend the Mother's Day service at Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church at eleven on Sunday. The Epworth League will present a pageant titled The Mother of Augustine at the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Wilmington
Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Augustine
Jennie J. Coates
Raymond Coates
Preston
Raspeburg
Parkwood Cemetery
S. Berry
Taylor
Railroad Avenue
Herbert Tooks
Maryland
E. Lloyd Fooks
Mildred Engerman
Business College
Baltimore
A. W. Sisk & Son
Isobel Douglas
S. Elbert Douglas
Harry R. Taylor
Geo. Whiteley
M. BE. Ladies Aid Society
Kenneth Fooks
Roland Turner
Elwood Bonner
Mississippi
Jack Arthur
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry M. Hollis
Arthur Willey
E. C. Wright
Viola Brinsfield
Cambridge
Mildred G. Griffith
Alva T. Blades Jr
William H. Cannon
John R. Tull
Oxford
Fred Edgell
Burtsville Social Roundup and Church Events
Burville residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend with stops featuring the Chance, Andrew, Davis, Willis, Thawley, and Goodley families from nearby towns. A Mother’s Day pageant is set for Union M P Church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, while bake sale proceeds at Wesley Church totaled 23.02. Mrs. Walter Glass is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Chance
William E. Andrew and Sons
Louis
John William
Floyd P. Davis
Warren Pierce
Anna Chance
Swarthmore
Thomas Goodley
Chester
John Weaver
Pennsylvania
E. C. Hallman
Dover
Kelso
Hillsboro
M. E. Parsonage
Walter Willis
Greensboro
Charles Willis
Wesley Thawley
Denton
R. H. Thawley
Walter Glass
Centreville
Union M. P
Melvin James
John Thawley
Wesley Church
Harrington
Crawford Garrett
Catherine Chance
Emma Satterfield
Amos Layton
Local Social Notes From Wilmington and Nearby Towns
Mrs G E Finney of Wilmington spent the weekend with Mrs Frank. Mrs T W Jones hosted the Benefit Card Club at the clubhouse. Mr and Mrs Milton King visited Mr and Mrs Fifer in Wyoming. Mrs Ray Mason dined with Mrs Emma Jackson on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Carlisle Bennington visited Rehoboth on Sunday. Louise Wilson weekended with Miss Inez Wooley in Denton. Mr and Mrs James Baynard moved to a farm near Easton. Mr Orrell Saulsbury is on the sick list this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Finney
Wilmington
Frank Flounders
T. W. Jones
Milton King
Fifer
Wyoming
Ray Mason
Emma Jackson
Carlisle Bennington
Denton
James Baynard
Easton
Orrell Saulsbury
Friendship Grove Homemakers Discuss Quilt Prize
The Grove club met at Mrs. Carson Johannesen with eleven members present. Charles Stafford of Trappe won the quilt. Mrs. Conn ellly will attend the Rural Women's Short Course at College Park in June with Mrs. Gadow as alternate. New member Mrs. Lee Meredith joined. Mrs. Walter Butler hosts May. Quarterly conference at Grove Church May 11 at 2 pm. Communion at 11, Sunday School at 1. Mrs. William Crouse and Mrs. Will Murphy attended the State Daughters of America convention in Baltimore last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Mallonee and child and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Vese and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kelley last Sunday. Mr. Otis Betts and Mr. Harry Evans of Dagsboro spent Sunday with Rev A W Betts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Grove Homemaker’s Club
Carson Johannesen
Alfred Flaharty
Charles Stafford
Trappe
B. M. Connelly
College Park
W. F. Gadow
Lee Meredith
Walter Butler
Grove Church
William Crouse
Will Murphy
Daughters of America
Baltimore
Gardner Mallonee
Wesley Vese
Elmer Kelley
Otis Betts
Harry Evans
Dagsboro
Del
A. W. Betts
Smithson Church Announces Services and Social Event
The Smithson church will hold Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Sunday evening service at 7 30 p m led by Rev John T Baynard. An event for May 28 in the Smithson community room offers a strawberry and ice cream social with strawberries ice cream and cakes for sale. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson
John T. Baynard
Smithson Community Room
Card of Thanks from the Merrikens for sympathy
Mr and Mrs Calvert C Merriken express sincere appreciation to many kind friends for the sympathetic assistance extended during their recent sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert C. Merriken
Concord Dessert Bridge Party Honors Mrs Collins
Mrs Ernest C Collins entertained a dessert bridge party at her Concord area home featuring spring flower decorations. Guests included Mrs Norman Scott Mrs James P Scott Miss Elizabeth Kinder Bridgeville and numerous others from Federalsburg Preston Easton Denton and nearby towns. Prizes were awarded with Mrs Grace first and Mrs Todd second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest C. Collins
Concord
Norman Scott
James P. Scott
Elizabeth Kinder
Bridgeville
Victor Dean
Dorsey Nichols
Charles Todd
Fletcher Hignatt
Earl Alford
Clayton Satterfield
Byron Griffith
Charles Bryant
Claudell ‘Wright
Federalsburg
Hambleton Grace
Preston
Tanley’ Hornsby
Easton
W. B. Deen
Frederic N. Nichols
Benjamin F. Johnson
Emmett Hignutt
Elbert Deen
Kirwin Everngam
Denton
Grace
Todd
Greensboro Community Club elects officers for year
At a Tuesday meeting the Community Club elected officers for the coming year at Miss Florence Evelyn Monk’s apartments. Officers named: president Mrs H C Rawlings. vice-president Mrs L Irving Jones. second vice-president Mrs Ralph Pritchett. recording secretary Miss Grace Williams. corresponding secretary Mrs A W Saulsbury. treasurer Miss Helen Naylor. director Mrs E J Vandergrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Club
Florence Evelyn Monk
H. C. Rawlings
L. Irving Jones
Ralph Pritchett
Grace Williams
A. W. Saulsbury
Helen Naylor
E. J. Vandergrift
Ruth Jackson
Princess Anne
Edgar Anderson
Ruth Ellen
Bridgeville
Mary Jackson
Clayton
Paul Meredith
Nelson Draper
Virginia
Far Hills
N. J
Walker-Gordon
Plainsboro
Margaret Stewart
Delta
John Wyatt
Hubert Dill
Magnolia
Del
Wyatt
Thomas Ross
Delentra
Clifford Shulties
Mervin
Robert Burnell
Norris Knox
John
O. W. Barton
Baltimore
The
Baptist Church
Linwood Andrews
Chester
Mary Favinger
Milford
Wilbur Carroll
Tilghman Whitby
Carl Dingledine
Washington
Enoch Strannahan
Dawson Gruwell
Wilmington
Watson Gruwell
Temple Smith
Church Farm School
Glen Lock
Addie Griffin
Oxford
Annie Hopkins
Mary J. Fisher
Philadelphia
T. C. Horsey
Harry Davis
Federalsburg
Effa Plummer
Betty Capel
Chestertown
Roy Sard
Mary Laramore
Winder Shulties
Virginia Horsey
Easton
Marie Edwards
Iva Shulties
Town
Doris Cahall
Near Town
Grace Wooters
Susie Ford
Zack Voshell
Lester Smith
Centreville
Nancy Smith
Sallie Horsey
Peggy Smith
West Chester
Bethlehem Community House Plays Return Evening Event
Bethlehem hosts three one act plays It s all Over Town Love and Lather Suds and Duds on Wednesday May 16 at 8 15 pm A silver offering at the door supports the club Proceeds go to the organization The club plans a meeting Monday afternoon May 13 at 2 o'clock with Mrs Mary Blades and Mrs Pauline Blades as hostesses Also notes visits and weekend guests among local families and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Mary Blades
Pauline Blades
Everett Stevens
Nina Bac
Easton
Alva Blades
Gifford Bowdle
Lawrence Legates
Lloyd Harding
Baltimore
Thanks for kindness and music at funeral of Vanscoy
Mrs N M Vanscoy and Children express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy, the beautiful floral offerings, and the choir's fitting music at the death and funeral of a loving husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Vanscoy
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Rhgely
Wilson Cahall
Elsie Matthews
Margaret Swing
State Federation
Goddard
County Federation
Joseph Rittenhouse
Harry Ziegler
Clifton Crouse
Edward Bowman
Lititz
Bowman
Brumbaugh
Carleton Marvel
William Davis
Herbert Jones
Marvel
Calvin Lynch
G. L. Wilson
Grace Vernon Smith
Delma Smith
Wm. H. Steinmetz
Howard T. Smith
T. W. Smith
Joseph Brumbaugh
Church House
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Frederica
Charles Pelot
Oscar Simon
Pelot
Europe
O. B. Reed
Norman Wilson
Harry Swann
Viola Jones
Dover District
Richardson
Claymont
W. C. Harrison
William Jarrell
Linwood Jarrell
Josephine Jarrell
Union Memorial Hospital
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Leelan Jackson
Marguerite Jackson
St. Michaels
Charles Desa
W. J. Lurth
Kennett Square
Florence Thompson
Alan Parsons
Will Cannon
Annie Turner
Christian Herald
Margaret Ann Jarrell
Harold Fountain
Martha Connery
Newark
Frank Simon
George McGough and Son
Charles Hammond
Bert Hagadone
Lee Mitchell
H. L. Holsinger
Wm. Rieck
Dorothy
Virginia Samis
Elsie Coleman
Mallory Winstead
O. K. Raleigh
Templeville
Tuckahoe
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